Kevin A. Whitehead, Elizabeth Stokoe & Geoffrey Raymond. Categories in Social Interaction. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2025. ix + 398 pp. ISBN 9780367637668

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Zhiwei Zhao | South China Business College of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Chengtuan Li | Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Published online: 25 November 2025

https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.25195.zha

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Kevin A. Whitehead, Elizabeth Stokoe & Geoffrey Raymond. Categories in Social Interaction. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2025. ix + 398 pp. ISBN 9780367637668

Kevin A. Whitehead, Elizabeth Stokoe & Geoffrey Raymond. Categories in Social Interaction. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2025. ix + 398 pp. ISBN 9780367637668